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The steps taken so far
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Shur-Green Farms starts contract with lascadoil waste
Ohio-based Shur-Green Farms enters into a contract to collect and move lascadoil waste. At the time farm representatives are told that lascadoil waste is only for use in the biofuel industry, not for animal feed. *Dates and infomration included in this timeline stem from FDA or Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development information. -
Transportation of waste to distributer
Shur-Green transports a load of Lascadoil to a distributer. -
Turkey die-off starts from tainted feed
Sietsema Farms in Michigan reports to the state that many of its turkeys have started to die. -
Regulatory agencies brought in to investigate
After Michigan turkeys start to die state regulatory agencies like the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Management are brought in, followed by the Food and Drug Administration. The first of the multi-agency calls takes place to try and track the source of the feed contaminate. -
Supply chain hears of problem with soyoil
Shur-Green Farms are told by their supplier that there is an ongoing investigation by the FDA into Lascadoil contamination in feed and that the farm should destroy its remaining supply of Lascadoil. -
Tracing the problem to a source
The source of the Lasalocid contamination is traced to grease mixed in as an additive to animal feed, after it is found in pig feed. Lasalocid is not approved for use in pigs at any level, though it is approved at low levels for use in turkey feed. -
Pigs delayed from reaching market
20,000 pigs from Sietsema Farms are put on watch and kept from market for almost a month because they may have eaten feed tainted with Lasalocid. -
Shur-Green recalls some products
Product recall Shur-Green Farms puts out a recall for loads of soyoil containing Lascadoil, an industrial processing waste oil, which may have been used as a feed ingredient despite being intended for non-food usage. The recall covers sales on or before September 17. -
FDA's form 483
form 483 Shur-Green Farms gets a form 483 letter from the FDA about possible violations that led to the sale for feed use of the tainted additive. The letter includes observations about company actions including that they had confirmed to their broker in September that Lascadoil could be used in animal feed. And that sales continued after being notified about the contamination. -
Response to concerns
The FDA gets the response from Shur-Green to its form and says the response was lacking necessary details including how the company has remedied the problems mentioned. -
Michigan officials present details of the case and how it was handled
State veterinarian James Averill goes through what happened and how it was handled with members of the state's agriculture committee. Also said to be the first time the public was made aware of the incident. -
FDA warning letter
Warning letter Shu-Green gets a warning letter from the FDA listing some of the violations found during the FDA’s inspection of the farm’s operations and criticizing the farm’s response to the Form 483. The response to those observations reportedly did not adequately address the FDA’s concerns about distribution of misbranded food and the steps taken to ensure that nothing similar happen again. -
Shur-Green responds to FDA warning letter
Response letterShur-Green responds to warning letter from FDA and says the point is “moot” because they no longer sell the product. -
investigation continues
The state's work on the case has finished, but the FDA investigation continues.
